Perranuthnoe
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 Perranuthnoe church and village |
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 Perranuthnoe
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| Perranuthnoe shown within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW541292 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode district | TR20 |
| Dialling code | 01736 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Perranuthnoe (/pɛrəˈnjuːθnoʊ/, /pɛrəˈnʌθnoʊ/) is a civil parish and a village in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,184. The village is situated on the east side of Mount's Bay approximately one mile (1.6 km) east of Marazion and four miles (6.5 km) east of Penzance.
Perranuthnoe lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
For local government Perranuthnoe elects a parish council every four years. The principal local authority is Cornwall Council.
The first historical mention of Perranuthnoe can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Odenol. By 1235 this had become Hutheno, and was recorded as Udno in 1308 and 1373. Finally taking the form Uthnoe-veor in 1839. There is still a farm in the village called Ednoe-vean.
During the 18th and 19th century the landscape surrounding the village supported a number of tin and copper mines the last of which closed in 1900.
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